Huawei's general license just expired leaving older devices in limbo

15 August 2020
Huawei and Honor devices manufactured before May 16 2019 might be cut off from Google's security and app support.

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  • 15 Aug 2020

Anonymous, 15 Aug 2020Huwaei doesn't even update its devices other than its ... moreThere's a reason they give three-four major updates for the flagships. You PAY for the flagship device and enjoy your software updates. Mate 9 got upto Android 10. Everyone makes it a big deal when Samsung announces something that Huawei has been doing for years.

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    • A. Nguyen
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    • 15 Aug 2020

    [deleted post]He's actually done the right thing by banning them. So, there should be no consequences for these -
    ~ Nortel was once a world leader in wireless technology. Then came a hack and the rise of Huawei. ( https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2020-07-01/did-china-steal-canada-s-edge-in-5g-from-nortel )
    ~ China’s New Comac C919 Jetliner Is Built With Stolen Technology ( https://www.extremetech.com/extreme/300313-report-chinas-new-comac-c919-jetliner-is-built-with-stolen-technology )
    I am from Vietnam, are you encouraging other countries to also just steal US technology ?

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      • IbE
      • 15 Aug 2020

      [deleted post]Hauwei doesn't even care about update on new phones let alone on old phones.

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        • Anonymous
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        • 15 Aug 2020

        Huwaei doesn't even update its devices other than its high-end devices lmao

          Yaay I'm in limbo. Doesn't feel any different though.

            I have a P30 Pro, I have the latest version of Android, and I really hope I will be able to get the version 11 when it will become available at a large scale.

              The alliance with the CCP was more important to Huawei than the google licence. They can always rely on the sales in China or those who don't care if an authoritarian regime is directly involved with a manufacturer as long as they make devices with the highest specs (on paper) at a lower price. There are other Chinese companies like Oppo and Xiaomi; at least these are Publicly traded companies and their investors would stand to lose much if they are shown to be involved with the CCP.
              I am not saying Huawei has done anything wrong but there is no doubt on what the CCP would do if they where in control of tech giants like google, Microsoft and Facebook. I live in a country with an authoritarian regime with the CCP as its main backer, the young kids that live in democratic countries do not understand how that feels like and are just selfish.

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                • vexus
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                • 15 Aug 2020

                many older huawei device yet to receive latest patch since pandemic happen.

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                  • wasox
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                  • 15 Aug 2020

                  Well, as ccp-huawei have always stated, "so, what? " lately they only sell their miracle gadgets by gazillions inside their own country, that's enough, that should be enough, the rest of the world can now be a little more safe, thankfully

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